Sanding bits?

[Kix]

Hi All, much love.

I'm a couple cocktails in and need to get this down before I lose it.

Has anyone thought of a bit or series of bits that could do your sanding?

Mops are great and all, but if i could finish a project, proof it, then swap the bit to a sanding/buffing whatever terminology works bit, then get back to the phones, email, and harem...?

Thoughts, suggestions, and innuendo are expected.

All The Best.

[fwharris]

It has been mentioned before but I do not think it has been tried.

Along that line though, run a second pass with the depth set just a tad deeper. It will leave a cleaner carve.

[normrichards]

Most of my carves are over 1.5 hours up to 6 hours so I do not relish the thought of running it a second time. I always carve best or better and I just use a sanding brush in a drill press which only takes minutes. I have never needed more than that.

[loretta_byerly]

A sanding bit in the Carvewright would be awesome... as I am struggling with the sanding too... I do use the sanding mops, and they do a pretty good job, and I always do my carves using the optimal setting. But, I still like to clean up the little areas and give it a good hand sanding. So, over the weekend, while at Hobby Lobby.... I found some awesome sanding tools that they use in "model cars, airplanes, etc". I bought several different items, and so far, am loving what I got. If you're interested, I kept the packaging, I would sure share some pictures. The tedious sanding part is my biggest downfall right now, so I'm still trying different techniques to speed up my process and still be happy with the results.

[fwharris]

Michael Tyler shared a method of using diluted sanding sealer on the carve. It stiffens up the fuzzies and makes them easier to sand off.

[SteveNelson46]

Hi All, much love.

I'm a couple cocktails in and need to get this down before I lose it.

Has anyone thought of a bit or series of bits that could do your sanding?

Mops are great and all, but if i could finish a project, proof it, then swap the bit to a sanding/buffing whatever terminology works bit, then get back to the phones, email, and harem...?

Thoughts, suggestions, and innuendo are expected.

All The Best.

I use the same as Michael Tyler uses on most of his projects

3M Radial Bristle Discs from www.mcmaster.com
(stack 3 discs at a time on your rotary tool mandrel)
80-grit: part # 4494A19
220-grit: part # 4494A18

Works pretty good.

[Bigtyme]

I have used the smaller discs as well, but like these better. Someone on the forum mentioned then a while ago and they work great for me with a second pass with the sanding mops from CarveWright....

[cestout]

RJR Studios sells mini-mops as well as 4' and 6" regular and double mops (they invented the mop back in the 90's). They work with your rotary tool but your have to be light because they can be aggressive. I use my ole work 220 grit mops for between coats sanding. I use 180 and 220 mops and some times a rotary rasp in my dermal. Faster than re-carving a 4 hour project.
Clint

[Alan Malmstrom]

I'm really liking these tapered Kutzall burr bits https://kutzall.com/collections/taper. I dip them into some Rockler Pitch and Resin Remover http://www.rockler.com/rockler-pitch-resin-remover so that they can stay un-clogged a little better.

I also make my own cushioned sanding disks by gluing and ironing sandpaper onto foam and then stamping them out with a hole punch and drilling a little hole in them and double sided sticky tape them to a special mandrel (1/8 shaft with a rubber hose over it).



Sanding is a lot of work no matter how you do it.

[normrichards]

I have used the smaller discs as well, but like these better. Someone on the forum mentioned then a while ago and they work great for me with a second pass with the sanding mops from CarveWright....

Yes these are what I use in a drill press, they work great.